One of HBPW’s latest engineering design projects will be key to alleviating queuing at a leading hospital in Surrey. As part of a £2.5m scheme at Frimley Park Hospital, an additional 134 car parking spots for patients and visitors will be created, increasing capacity to around 275 vehicles. And the… More
A joint project between HBPW and Graham Construction, valued at £4.5 million, has given Town Quay in Lowestoft a new lease of life. The project – given the green light by Associated British Ports – was authorised after one section of the quay wall collapsed in 2012. HBPW Managing Partner,… More
West Bromwich Albion’s Hawthorn Stadium has been given the green light by HBPW’s engineers following a detailed ‘nuts and bolts’ inspection of the century old structure. ‘The Hawthorns’, which officially opened 115 years ago and once boasted a 65,000 crowd capacity, has to be inspected – as do other soccer… More
The joint experience of HBPW and Graham Construction working on the huge Immingham Renewable Fuels Terminal, was instrumental in winning it the contract to complete the civil engineering design on Liverpool’s new £100m biomass facility. The new multi million pounds terminal at the Port of Liverpool – the first stage… More
The relatively unknown technique of sonic drilling came to the rescue in Cornwall when a speedy solution to recover good quality samples of weathered rock was required. HBPW was working on behalf of Carillion Civil Engineering as part of a £27m road scheme which will see the construction of two… More
The continuing drive to make Britain even greener created a very different type of problem at Immingham, prompting the organisation behind one of the country’s biggest construction and civil engineering projects to look to HBPW for a unique ‘bridge’ solution. Associated British Ports (ABP) is leading the multi-million-pounds development of… More
The £500,000 restoration of one of the North East’s most historic monuments –Dunston Staiths – has taken top honours in an awards ceremony. And the success of Owen Pugh Construction in the Heritage category of the Constructing Excellence in the North East Awards was made possible by HBPW’s prowess with… More
Five of HBPW’s engineers swapped logarithms for lycra when they took part in a two day charity bike ride, helping raise £100,000 in the process. The event, organised by Graham Construction, began in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland and featured participants from various companies including Associated British Ports. But the teams from… More
Lorry drivers blissfully unaware of the ‘height’ of their vehicles have unwittingly played their part in one of HBPW’s more recent assignments. ‘Bridge Bashes’ as they are euphemistically known among rail engineering professionals, are when high sided vehicles – taller than the bridge they are passing beneath – collide with… More
The potential of new technology will only be fully utilised if contractors and site workers are given the necessary training but, even then, it cannot be expected to be the panacea to all engineering challenges. That was the overriding view to emerge from a straw poll of HBPW’s engineers following… More
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